Chimontoh Z Akomandoh

The Department of Public Prosecution and Judicial Police in Cameroon Chimontoh Z Akomandoh

This book is incontrovertibly a major contribution towards the development of Cameroons legal system. It presents the Public Prosecution Department (Legal Department), incarnated by the Public Prosecutor (State Counsel), as one of the rare omnipresent actors in criminal proceedings whose presence in all phases of the criminal procedure is almost mandatory, while her role is primordial. It presents a cogent, critical, and lucid analysis of the multi-dimensional institution embodied by the State Counsel from a historical perspective and within the context of the CPC. In a clear and simple style, the book provides practical solutions to diverse theoretical and practical issues faced by legal practitioners in the application of the CPC pertaining to the institution the Legal Department. The discussion is incisive, meticulous, and buttressed with statutory provisions and available cases. (Bih Che épouse Anye Nde Abegley - State Counsel, Court of First Instance Bali, North West Region, Cameroon)